Done

Basic features

• auto pic change at 12h (start tracking on boot)
• handle button changes script runs on boot and restarts if it crashes
• pic change on button press
• pic prepare script resize and rotate images
• nodejs webapp for pic upload
• pic change script that retains current image index

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ToDo

Basic features

• wifi hostpot mod and web app running on port 80 with mdns .local

Advanced features

• ability to disply text (disply text script)
• ability to see all the pictures in memory
• ability to select what picture to display from the web app
• make the GUI mobile first and verry pretty
• resize and process images on upload on the client side or even localy if its not to resource heavy (limit to 30 pics?)
• ability to connect to sentimental box and send qoutes with matching pics
• partial implementation show qoutes on it (once every 3 days)

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Systemctl handle buttons script

sentimental-frame-button-handler runs on starup using systemctl

1. add this script at: nano /etc/systemd/system/sentimental-frame-buttons.service

[Unit]
Description=Sentimental Frame Button Handler
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/home/serban/Projects/sentimental-frame/env/bin/python /home/serban/Projects/sentimental-frame/sentimental-frame-button-handler.py
WorkingDirectory=/home/serban/Projects/sentimental-frame
Restart=always
User=serban
Group=serban
Environment=PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

2. Reload systemd to apply the new service file sudo systemctl daemon-reload

3. Enable the service to run at startup sudo systemctl enable sentimental-frame-buttons.service

4. Start the service immediately sudo systemctl start sentimental-frame.service

Command to check the service: systemctl status sentimental-frame.service

Command to debug the runnig script: journalctl -u sentimental-frame.service -f

Command to stop the running script: sudo systemctl stop sentimental-frame.service

Systemctl next image script timer

1. Create a service file for your script: sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/sentimental-frame-next-image.service

2. Add the following content to the service file:

[Unit]
Description=Run Sentimental Frame Next Image Script
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/home/serban/Projects/sentimental-frame/env/bin/python /home/serban/Projects/sentimental-frame/sentimental-frame-next-image.py
WorkingDirectory=/home/serban/Projects/sentimental-frame
User=serban
Group=serban
Environment=PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1

3. Create a Timer File sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/sentimental-frame-next-image.timer

4. Add to the file:

[Unit]
Description=Run Sentimental Frame Next Image Script Every Minute

[Timer]
OnBootSec=1min
OnUnitActiveSec=1min
AccuracySec=1s

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

5. Enable and Start the Timer

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable sentimental-frame-next-image.timer
sudo systemctl start sentimental-frame-next-image.timer

6. Verify the Timer

systemctl list-timers --all | grep sentimental-frame-next-image
journalctl -u sentimental-frame-next-image.service -f